EUNIC Design Lectures as part of Irish Design 2015

PAST EVENTS

British Designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby © Photograph: Alisa Connan

As part of Irish Design 2015's programme of events leading designers from Britain, Germany, Italy and Spain are giving public lectures and holding masterclasses throughout 2015 organised by EUNIC Ireland.EUNIC, the network of European Union national institutes for culture, have teamed up with ID2015 to showcase examples of the latest designs from Europe. Throughout the year EUNIC members British Council, Goethe-Institut, Instituto Cervantes and Istituto Italiano di Cultura will present a wide range of design ideas and practices in Europe from product design to furniture, from fashion to jewellery.

British Council and ID2015 were pleased present British designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby in the first event in the series:

Design Lecture 1

BARBER & OSGERBY (UK) 5 - 6 March 2015

EVENT 1:  “Thinking & Making” - an educational lecture by renowned British designer Edward Barber of the Barber & Osgerby studio for design students and graduates. In this educational lecture Edward Barber discussed Thinking & Making, encompassing the work and development of Barber & Osgerby since setting up their studio in London in 1996. Their diverse portfolio encompasses furniture, lighting and product design as well as architectural scale projects. They have worked with Capellini, Vitra, Venini, Flos and Knoll. The pair are known for their clean, paired back design, synthesis of craft and industrial techniques and their use of colour. The event was kindly hosted by Dublin Institute of Technology.

DATE: Thursday 5 March 2015

EVENT 2: Design Lecture at the OFFSET Creative Conference. OFFSET is a 3 day creative conference held annually in Dublin’s Bord Gáis Energy Theatre. Every year the very best of Irish and International creative professionals come together for a weekend of presentations, lectures, interviews and discussions featuring industry leaders from the worlds of graphic design, animation, illustration, advertising, film, fashion and more.

DATE: Friday 6 March 2015

DESIGNER BIOGRAPHY:

Internationally acclaimed designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby founded their London-based studio in 1996. Their diverse body of work spans industrial design, furniture, lighting and site specific installations as well as limited edition pieces and public commissions such as the London 2012 Olympic Torch and a ￡2 coin designed for the Royal Mint. They are currently working with many brands including Knoll, Vitra, B&B Italia, Cappellini, Venini, and Flos.Their work is held in permanent museum collections around the world including V&A and Design Museum in London, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and Art Institute of Chicago. In 2001 Barber and Osgerby established architecture and interior design practice Universal Design Studio and in 2012 they founded MAP, specializing in research and strategy-led design. Barber & Osgerby have also curated In the Making, a touring exhibition from Design Museum, London, which is on at the Coach House, Dublin Castle until 17 March.In the Making captures over twenty objects mid-manufacture, putting the aesthetic of the unfinished centre stage.

EXHIBITION

In The Making is a touring exhibition from the Design Museum in London, curated by designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby and ran until March 17th at the ID2015 Design Hub in Dublin Castle. The exhibition featured 24 objects paused mid-way through their manufacture and offered a glimpse of the designers’ ongoing dialogue with the manufacturing process. This perspective is distinctive to their practice: throughout their careers, Edward and Jay have had a curiosity about the way things are made (Please see link to exhibition website below).

‘We curated an exhibition that will provide a platform to capture and reveal a frozen moment in the manufacturing process and unveils an everyday object in its unfinished state. Often the object is as beautiful, if not more so, than the finished product.’  Jay Osgerby

1. GISELLA BIANCO (ITALY) 5 - 6 May 2015

TALKWhat is art jewellery?  During this talk Gisella Bianco presented her work and showed some examples of Italian artists from the ‘900s to explore the wonders of art jewellery. The art of designing and creating an artisan product involves a continuous process, seeing the artist’s introspective journey. It’s the artist that confers preciousness to the piece, thus any common object can become a gem on a necklace. 

DATE: 5 May 2015

TIME: 6.30pm

LOCATION: Italian Institute of Culture, 11 Fitzwilliam Square East, Dublin 2

EXHIBITION

The exhibition included some of Gisella's latest works. Her elegant and creative style is well represented by a selection of necklaces, rings, earrings and bracelets in silver, gold and precious stones. The jewels represent Gisella’s unmistakable style and irony, showcasing an original combination of various materials, including objects taken from everyday life.

DATES / TIMES: Tue 5th May (opening)From 18:30

Wed 6th MayFrom 10:00 to 13:00 and from 15:00 to 17:00.LOCATION: Italian Institute of Culture, 11 Fitzwilliam Square East, Dublin 2

DESIGNER BIOGRAPHY:Gisella Bianco was born in Verona in 1972. She started her artistic professional training with a High School diploma in Architecture Design in 1992 and chose to follow her aspiration and became a jewellery maker.After a three-year jewellery course in Verona and a course of Artistic Wax Moulding in Vicenza, she obtained a professional qualification in Metalwork Art under the guidance of Arnaldo Pomodoro in 1994.She obtained another Diploma as Jewellery Designer at Arti Orafe in Florence in 1996.Gisella's extensive experience includes the making of theatre jewels for the Opera Carmen directed by Zeffirelli and the cooperation with various goldsmith shops producing lines of ethnic, modern and classical jewels.Through her work Gisella translates her emotions into gold and silver, metal and stones. She thinks  that the preciousness of a jewel lies in its soul and in the artisan's workmanship, regardless of the material used.

Upcoming talks and masterclasses by Spanish and German designers will include:

May 2015Spain - Martí Guixé  (Exhibition/Interior/Project/Product Design)                       

23-25 September 2015Germany - Philipp Mainzer (Architecture and Product Design)             October 2015Germany - Anne Trautwein / Anja Schneemann (Fashion Design)      

November 2015UK – Dunne & Raby tbc.